Angels of the workplace : women and the construction of gender relations in the Canadian clothing industry, 1890-1940 /

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In this renowned 1997 study of the clothing industry in Canada, Mercedes Steedman examines how the intricate weaving together of the meanings of class, gender, ethnicity, family, and the workplace created a job ghetto for women. Although women comprised a significant majority of garment workers, the...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Steedman, Mercedes (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto, Ontario : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Series:Canadian social history series.
Subjects:
Clothing workers > Labor unions > Canada > History.
Women labor union members > Canada > History.
Sex discrimination in employment > Canada > History.
Women clothing workers > Canada > History.
Travailleuses du vêtement > Canada > Histoire.
Discrimination sexuelle dans l'emploi > Canada > Histoire.
Femmes dans les syndicats > Canada > Histoire.
Syndicats > Vêtement, Travailleuses du > Canada > Histoire.
Travailleurs du vêtement > Syndicats > Canada > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Clothing workers > Labor unions.
Sex discrimination in employment.
Women clothing workers.
Women labor union members.
Canada.
Electronic books.
History.
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